Two leading Brotherhood members arrested: Egypt
CAIRO — A security official says the head of the Muslim Brotherhood political party and the Brotherhood’s deputy chief have been arrested.
File photo of Saad el-Katatni, Egypt's newly-elected parliament speaker gestures during the first session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: AP
CAIRO — A security official says the head of the Muslim Brotherhood political party and the Brotherhood’s deputy chief have been arrested.
The security official said Saad el-Katatni, the head of the Freedom and Justice Party, and Rashad Bayoumi, one of two deputies of the Brotherhood’s top leader were arrested early today (July 4), in connection with an escape from prison during the 2011 uprising against autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the press.
The arrest came hours after the head of the armed forces ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi, of the Brotherhood, who is also wanted in the case. More than 30 Brotherhood members escaped from prison during in January 2011. AP
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